asia is slowing down. yes, corporate earnings have got were better but a lot of that better corporate earnings comes from cutting costs and not growing the top line. until will very if, ted, i appreciate the expertise over this quarter century. thank you, ted. now, ron paul remembers the crash, and marvels that the folks who refuse to see the conditions for bigger crash if we do not address our underlying financial situation. you have warned that washington has been dilly-dallying in the face of issues we cannot put off but it does. how bad anyone can conceive of. i am fascinated with the chart on nasdaq in the last several years, that is a mere blip, a blip. if you look at it, people are beyond 1987, it was a bull market correction that turned out to be minor. i remember when that happened, i thought if this is a bull market correction, how big will the bull market go? it was gigantic. it does not happen immediately but up until 2000 i work on the assumption the real bear market in stocks started in the y